A happy puppy ending!

Garbage worker saves puppy left for dead in Indiana trash container

NY Daily News: Garbage worker Michael Upchurch has been hailed a hero after saving a 6-week-old puppy dumped in a garbage can. The Muncie, Ind., native is the talk of the town after he stopped the dog — which he has adopted and called Garby — from getting squashed to death.

He said: “This ole’ doggy here was hollering, ‘Save me,’ I guess, in dog talk. He was frozen stiff. “I turned on the heat right here with the heat on full blast. Now, every bag I dump I’m like, ‘Oh no, what’s in that one?’”

Garby’s original owner thought her pet, and two others, were dead, so she threw them in the garbage. Cops say she could now face animal cruelty charges.

Phil Peckinpaugh, director of the Muncie Animal Shelter, spoke to the Muncie Star Press about the incident. He said: “When the puppies stopped moving because their blood sugar was so low because they were starving, she made the decision that they were dead and threw them in the trash. You should never throw a puppy in the trash can — dead or alive, obviously.”

He also revealed he had officially filed a citation in Muncie City Court against the woman and that cops were now actively investigating the case.

Thank you DCG for this wonderful post and thank you Dr. Eowyn for the update! What a beautiful act of kindness on the part of Mr. Upchurch. As for the woman, many thoughts came to mind what I would like to do to her-she is the “near occasion of sin” for me. I cannot imagine how anyone could throw a puppy or a kitty or any living thing like that in a garbage; out of respect, they should bury the animal. As to Mr. Upchurch’s face, it is full of kindness and goodness, the window to his soul! God bless him!

I also had a thought about aborted children-they are regularly thrown in the garbage! Such is the realm of evil. . .